Double-acting wall-bed.



J.' K. PENNINGTON. DOUBLE ACTING WALL BED. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1911.

Patented 0013.111911.

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JOHN K. PENNINGTON, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO W'ILLIAM A. SNYDER, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DOUBLE-ACTING lALIrBED.

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YSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 17, 1911,

Application filed July 6, 1911. Serial No. 637,084.

.To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-1N K. PENNING-r TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Double-Acting Wall-Beds, of which the following is a speciiication. V

This invention relates to a wall bed adapted to normally be stored in a vertical. position within a wall recess or within a cabinet and adapted to swing downwardly into the room or space on either' side of the wall.

Heretofore, so far as am aware, wall beds have been construeted in "all recesses to swing downwardly and into a room in a certain fixed position. My bed is so constructed that it may be swung downwardly into one room or into a room on the oppo- -site side ot' the wall in which the bed is normally contained. Thus, I have provided a sed which may be used either in a bedroom or in a sleeping porch or other room which is adjacent the bedroom. This provision is affected by first providing a bed frame which will swing downwardly in opposite iirections, so as to swing into either room )n opposite sides of the wall recess. A spezial form of mechanism is provided for lown'ing the hed frame into either room and zhe hed frame is lowered in such manner phat its opposite faces will be up depending ipon which room it is turned into. This ne- -essitates a special arrangement of the ipring frame and mattress so as to place ,hem on the upper side of the bed. The :pring frame is pivoted on a ver-tical axis at )ivots at the ends of the bed frame so that t may be swung aboutv this vertical axis vhen the bed frame is standing vertically n the wall, thus to reverse the position of 'be mattress and bed clothes. This operaion-is very easily and quickly effected; but t is not anticipated that it will be done very requently In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 s a vertical section taken on line 1-1 of Tig. 3 and illustrating my improved bed in vertical position within its wall recess. Fig. 2 is a similar vertical section illustratng the bed lowered to one side. Fig..` 3 is a ection taken'on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 s an'enlarged detail perspective illustrating he ineans of locking the spring frame to the ed frame.

In the drawings 5 designates a Wall recess having doors 6 which may be opened on either side of the recess and which will permit the bed to be thrown down in either direction and on opposite sides of the wall. These doors v6 may be made and operated in any desired manner, depending upon the construction and placement of the recess.

'The recess and doors do'not enter vitally ing it from one position to another. Mounted on either side of the lower part of bed frame 7 and against the side walls of the regess 5 are stationary guide members 8 provided with vertical slotted ways 9` in which pins 10 are adapted to vertically reciprocate.

These pins 10 are rigidly mounted on'the bed frame near its l'ower lend and are there by adapted to guide that portion of the bed frame in a vertical movement. Some distance removed from pins 10 are arranged pivots 11 to which are attached supporting members 12 of the configuration best shown in Figs. land 2.- Supporting members 12 are provided with ends 12:l of circular configuration which lit into sockets 8a in mem; bers 8 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1.*

.It will be seen that members 12 are supported from both sockets when they a'rein their vertical p .sitions and are, therefore, in a state of stable equilibrium; and the weight of the bed exerted downwardly on these supporting members 12 through pivots 11 prevents the members 12 from being moved from the position of Fig. 1 to th position of Fig. 2 without some physical exert-ion. Pins 10 sliding in guides 9 guide the head portion of the bed frame in .5t vertical movement while pivots 1l move outwardly on a circumference centered around one'of lugs 12a.

YVhen the bed is in the position shown in Fig. 2, pins 1() will be at the upper ends of guides 9 and members 12 will bc in the position shown so that the bed is supported on pivots 11 'and the head end of the bed is prevented from rising by the pins .10.

Countcrwcight 8 is so arranged' that the.

moment of Ythe bed around pivots, ll tends to rotate slightly in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. A slightupward` tion shown in Fig. 1. In the position shown in Fig. 2 the total rotary moment ot the hed about pivots 11 is in the direction indicated; but the proportions are so iixed and counterweight 28 is so placed that, when the hed has been lii'ted slightly on its outer end; the total rotary moment is in the opposite direction; so that; after slight movement by hand; the bed will itself pass to the position ot Fig. 1. It it is desired to lower the bed on the side opposite that illustrated in Fig. Q; it is only necessary to pull on the upper end of the bed frame in the opposite direction (to the left in Fig. 1) and the hed will he thrown to a position correspending and opposite to the position shown in Fig. 2.

I have shown a spring frame 2O mounted 7 and this spring frame is mounted on two pivots 21 which form a vertical axis tor the spring frame to allow it to be turned when the bed is in the position otn Fig. 1. Spring trame Q0 carries the ordinary springs on which the mattress and bed clothes are mounted and secured in any desired manner. A, pair of spring clips Q2; or any equivalent fastening means, are mounted on the sides of spring trame 20 and are adapted to engage beneath a. rib Q55 on the bed frame to prevent the turning of the spring Jframe except when desired. A small chain or cord 24 connects the two clips 22 and provides means 'for their being drawn inwardly simultaneously so as to allow the spring frame to he rotated on its vertical axis. It the hed is desired to be lowered to the lett in Figs. 1 and 2, then the spring frame must be rotated so that the springs and the mattress are on the right-hand side of the bed in Fig. 1. Then; when the hed is lowered, the springs and mattress will he on the upper side of the bed. This provides for lowering the bed out of the recess in either direction. The recess may he built into a wall separating two rooms in either ot which the bed may then he used. The most typical instance ofthis character is the use of the bed in a bedroom and in a sleeping porch or balcony; and my construction provides for sleeping in the room or balcony just as weather conditions permit.

Myinvention is seen to consist; first; ot' such supporting means for a bed that the hed may be lowered out of a wall recess in either of two opposite directions; and, second, the combination of this supporting mechanism with a spring frame so hung as to be reversible to always turn the springs and mattress upwardly when the bed is lowered in either direction. The supporting means comprises in reality a double acting hinge ot such nature that the hed is supwithin bed fra-me l l l ported when lowered to either of its positions and also of such nature that, when the bed is in its upright position; tie supporting means or hinge is arranged vertically and alongside the bed so as to minimize the horizontal space occupied. And in this verbed is supported in a condition of stable equilibrium ready to be moved in either` direction as is desired.

Having described my invention, l claim: 1. A. wall bed, comprising a bed frame; a

support for the lower end of the bed trame and comprising a member having a vertical guide slot therein; a lug on the bed trame adapted to follow in said slot, an oscillating member having its oscillating end pivotally attached to the bed frame, and a spring frame pivotally mounted on the bed frame to he turned to 'face in either direction thereon. i

2. A wall bed; comprising a bed Jtrame adapted to normally stand in a vertical position, a pair of guide members having vertial slots therein and arranged one on each side of the lower end of the bed frame, lugs on the hed Jtraine and projecting into fthe vertical slots to move vertically therein, and oscillating members pivoted to the hed trame on opposite sides and at points above the lugs thereon.

3. A wall bed; comprising a bed frame adapted to normally stand in a vertical position; a pair of guide members with vertical guide slots therein and arranged one on each side of the bed trame, lugs on the bed frame adapted to engage in said slots and move vertically therein; a pair of oscillating supporting members mounted one on each side of the bed frame and pivotally connected to the hed trame at points above the. lugs thereon, each oscillating supporting member comprising a biturcated member having bearing surfaces on each of its divided ends, said bearing surfaces being spaced from each other, and stationary bearing sockets in which the hearing surfaces ot the oscillating supporting members are adapted to enter and rest.

4. A wall bed, comprising a bed trame, a pivotal support tor the hed frame near its lower end7 said pivotal support allowing the hed frame to he moved outwardly and downwardly in opposite directions7 and a spring frame reversihly mounted on the bed frame. f

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th day of .lune 1911.

JOHN K. PENNINGTON.

Witnesses: I

.hires T. BARKELEW; JAS. H. BALLAGH. 

